Improvement in water-elevators



UNITED? STATES PATENT trice.

A. H. FRENCH, OF PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS.

llVIPROVEIVI `ENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS,

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,369, dated May 27,1&62.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, A. H. FRENCH, of Pittsfield, in the county of Pikeand Stateof Illinois, have invented `certain new and useful Improvementsin Water-Elevators; and I do `hereby declare that the following is afull,

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the theseveral figures.

Io enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwillproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the well-curb,which carries on.

one side a long trough, B, having at one end a discharge-aperture. Ontop of the framework, which is erected over the curb-box A, is a large'pulley, C, having a deep annular groove formed in its periphery, and atregular intervals apart around the periphery ot' this pulley C arestop-pins b b, as shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. The pulley Cis mounted in bearings (t a, and it is rotated by` means of a crank, c,suitable pawls and ratchets being employed and so attached to the shaftof pulley C as to enable a person to stop the buckets at any desirablepoint. These pawls and ratchets are not shown in the drawings, as

they form no part of my invention.

D`D are two well-buckets, which are hung from the pulley C by a chain,E, that passes from the bail` of one bucket, D, over the pulley C to thebail of the other bucket, D', and this chain works in the groove in thecircumference of pulley C, and receives the pins or spurs d d as thepulley is rotated back or forth, which pins b b prevent the chain E fromslipping during the operation of raising and discharging water from thewell.

The chainE is composed of links of round or square wire of a suitablesize, bent at right angles, as shown in Fig. 2 ofthe drawings, and

looped together, forming a broad iiat chain,`

which, as the buckets are alternately raised and lowered into the Well,prevents them from turning around; and as this kind of chain is notliable to twist or untwist the buckets will when elevated at a properpoint never fail to operate the swinging troughs G G', hereinafterdescribed, and discharge the water contained in them. i

The buckets D -Dare constructed with con- Vex bottoms, and in the centerof the bottom of each bucket is a circular opening which is covered by ahinged valve, e, opening upward or into the bucket. rPhe valve e in thebottom of each bucket is suitably loaded to keep it down tightly on itsseat when the bucket is full of water and being raised to the top ofthewell.

The buckets D D are quickly filled in consequence of the openings intheir bottoms, as described, and as soon as the buckets descend to thewater in the well their valves e e will open and admit the water; but assoon as an attempt is made to raise either bucket the valve will closetightly over the orifice through which the water entered and prevent thebucket from leaking.

G G are two troughs which are hinged just at the lower edge of a longopening through one side of the curb-box A, and hang in a verticalplane-side by side when not in use-z. e., when not ope-rated upon by thebuckets D D. These troughs G Gare hinged to the inside of the curb-box Aatff, (shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings) so that when .said Atroughs arebrought in horizontal planes by raising their lower ends they willdischarge water into the long trough B, which is outside of the curbboxA, as before explained.

The troughs G G are to receive the water from their respective bucketsand empty it into the main trough B; and to this end each trough G G hasa bail, g, attached to it at a point where the bail will be caught, inraising the bucket of water, by a hook,h,on the bucket, which hook willraise the trough until this trough is in a position slightly incliningtoward the main trough B, when a pin, k, which is xed to and projectsdown from the valve in the bottom of the bucket in question,will nowstrike against the bottom of the trough and raise the valve esndiciently to allow the bucket to be emptied of its contents throughthe oritice in its bottom. i

Both buckets D D operate in the same manner upon and discharge theirwater into their respective troughs G G. The bails g g', above referredto, are pivoted to the sides of the troughs G G', and one end of eachbail projects through one side of its trough, and is bent downward atright angles to the main portion of the bail, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2of the drawings. These bent ends ofthe bails strike against pins i i,(which project from the sides of the swinging tr0ughs,) when the troughsare hanging down, and these pins i thus keep the bails in a properposition to be caught by their respective bucket-hooks 71, h. ln thisway, and by employing a flat chain, E, in con'- junction with thedischarging apparatus, as described, the buckets will not fail to bedischarged of their water at the proper time. The pivoting ofthe bailsggf/to the swinging troughs G G', as described, allows the hooks h 7L onthe buckets to catch and raise these troughs to their proper positionwithout throwing the buckets out of their vertical position, andconsequently there will be no Water wasted or thrown back into the well.The chain E will also run easier on the pulley C, and the operation willbe carried on with more regularity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The dat or square linked chain E, the grooved pulley C, carryingstop-pins b b, buckets D D, with hinged valves in their bottoms andhooks h 7L on their sides, and the hinged troughs G G, with theirpivoted bails g g', all arranged and combined as and for the purposesherein set forth.

A. H. FRENCH.

Vitnesses:

AMERICA JONES, J. S. MCFADDIN.

